Gerard depardieu gives a towering performance as the title character in this lavish, cinematic. The garutso balanced lens is an insitu camera lens effectively simulating a faux 3d effect by keeping the foreground and background in focus at the same time. Kevin kline and jennifer garner are reviving edmond rostands plumed, caped evergreen on broadway. This was the turn that made gerard depardieu an international star, winning him the best actor award at cannes and an oscar nomination. The charismatic swordsmanpoet helps another woo the woman he loves in this straightforward version of the play. Since it first saw the light of night on a parisian stage in 1897, it never goes long unperformed in some form or other. It is a film which must be shown to all connoisseurs of french culture as it makes for the most perfect introduction to french civilization. The film was a coproduction between companies in france and hungary. It managed to touch the imagination of everyone ever since and the heart of anyone who has one. He is in love with a woman named roxanne, but he believes that she could never love him because of his nose. The greatness of cyrano is universal as he teaches us some of the most essential human values such as friendship,love, sadness and. With gerard depardieu, anne brochet, vincent perez, jacques weber.
It is at once a respectful interpretation of its original source material and an actionpacked, full bodied production designed to appeal to contemporary audiences. Cyrano himself is the ultimate hopeless romantic romantic for his idealistic principles and irrepressible panache, but hopeless, alas, because of the unfortunate nose which he is sure forever. His one curse in his life, he feels, is his large nose and although it may have been a forming influence in his rapiersharp. Everything has been fleshed out to its full potential. Embarrassed by his large nose, a romantic poetsoldier romances his cousin by proxy. Unfortunately it has also been poorly represented in many movies. Please see that page and its talk page for discussion.
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